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Australia has launched a bid to rejoin the UN Security Council in the non-permanent seat from 2029 - 2031.  Oz just finished a stint on the council which ended in December 2014.  Labor initiated earlier that bid, and the coalition opposed the cost.  But Shadow Foreign Minister and Deputy Opposition Leader Tanya Plibersek said unlike the coalition, Labor would not get in the way this time:  "We would never criticize the Government for saying that Australia should play a greater international role," said Ms. Plibersek, who seemed underwhelmed at the coalition's time frame:  "It surprises me a little bit that we're talking about 14 years, 15 years from now - that seems a little unambitious to me."

The Australian Taxi Industry Association (ATIA) is blasting the ACT government for its decision to legalize the controversial uberX.  Under the new laws with come into effect from 30 October, ride-sharing drivers will pay a $600 application fee and a $50 accreditation fee.  But ATIA notes that the playing field is anything but level, because taxi drivers will have their license fee halved from $20,000 to $10,000 from October, and again from $10,000  to $5000 in October 2016.  ATIA chief executive Blair Davies charges the ACT government of trying to "become popular off the back of Uber", and says thge rules ought to be equal for all drivers.

Dutch prosecutors raided Uber's European headquarters for the second time this year.  Netherlands prosecutors say Uber has continued to allow users to book rides with "individuals who present themselves as a taxi driver, without a license, in their own car," which it says amounts to an illegal, unlicensed taxi service.  The Netherlands has already fined Uber 450,000 Euros prior to the new raid.

A Volkswagen board member says some of his staff acted criminally over the installation of software in so-called "clean diesel" engines that cheat on emissions tests.  "Those people who allowed this to happen, or who made the decision to install this software - they acted criminally,"said Olaf Lies to the BBC, "They must take personal responsibility."  Lies says the board didn't learn about the problem until shortly before the story busted out in the world news media.

7-Eleven Australia's founder Russ Withers and chief executive Warren Wilmot both resigned after an ABC/Fairfax investigation revealed 7-Eleven stores were  chronically underpaying international students.  The workers complained they were paid only half the minimum wage and were threatened with deportation if they reported it.  An independent panel is now trying to identify and locate all of those students and to make sure they're given the back pay they're owned. 

Dislodging the Taliban from the northern Afghanistan city of Kunduz is proving to be more difficult that it was for the militants to take it.  The Taliban rolled into the city from four directions on Monday and quickly chased government forces and officials to the airport where they set up a defense stronghold.  Insurgents were about to take that, too, when they were driven back by two US airstrikes.  The Afghan defense ministry claimed the town's police headquarters and prison had been recaptured, but the Taliban released videos showing militants carousing about town in seized jeeps, tanks, and Red Cross vehicles.